Simple Efficient Rainwater Saving with Gutter Mate
All the components provided are labelled in the diagram below.
Gutter Filter and water saver. The product is made from Polypropylene and is available in Black or White to suit the colour of your drainpipe.
The product is supplied with the fixing screws and mounting bracket. There are 6 parts to the filter which are a slide fit into each other.
The filter basket has 2 positions to allow the water to go down the drain or to be diverted into a rain water tub.
There is an adaptor to allow the filter to be fitted to square drainpipes.
This filter goes a long way to solving an age old problem associated with guttering and drainpipe systems on buildings.
The biggest problem with guttering is it gets filled with leaves, stones, sand and moss. The result can be blockages or over flowing of the gutters. This in turn can lead to damp penetrating the wall of your building or damp getting to the roof joists.
Gutter blockage can lead to extremely expensive repairs to your property.
The other problem associated with blocked guttering and drainpipes is the inherent danger of inspecting and cleaning them.
GOVERNMENT STATISTICS SHOW THERE IS AN INCREASE IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING LADDERS. DONT GO UP THE LADDER. GUTTER CLEANING IS DANGEROUS
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Rain Water Saving
When saving rainwater or Rain Water harvesting there are a number of things to take into consideration.
Saving rainwater is either done using a water butt or as some people do, using larger tankage.
If rain water saving is undertaken on a domestic scale then there will be required some form of rain
water diverter to get the rainwater from the downpipe (drainpipe) into the water butt or tankage.
The standard Rainwater diverters are compromised by the fact they do not filter the rainwater before
it goes to storage, this creates the following problems.
Debris can get into the water butt /storage tank and eventually
will rot and cause unacceptable smells.
This in turn creates a maintenance problem in having to clean out the
tank and also if not cleaned out regularly, the debris can block the outlet from the water butt.
Cleaning a standard rain water diverter requires the removal of the top piece of downpipe, to allow the
removal of the diverter.
We have a solution for the above issues, we produce the Guttermate Rain Water Filter and Diverter. All
the rain water going down the down pipe has to go through the filter before it is allowed into the water butt via
the rainwater diverter which is built into the unit below the filter.
The filter basket collects the debris coming down the downpipe, in most cases the standard filter basket is more than
adequate to filter out the debris.
However where you are saving the rainwater for flushing toilets and use in washing
machines, we supply a fine mesh insert, which fits into the filter basket, to filter out even finer debris.
The mesh is a slide fit into the filter basket and is easy to remove when cleaning.
The mesh is made from plastic and will not rot or corrode. The mesh can be removed for cleaning if required.
As shown in the picture the mesh is cut to the filter basket profile, as a result of this when fitted the mesh
takes the profile of the filter basket.
If a customer would require finer filtration this can be supplied, providing the requirement is of a viable
commercial quantity.
The body of the filter with filter basket and fine mesh insert are compact and easily accessible.
The fine mesh insert can be removed with the filter basket or on its own. Removal of the filter
basket from the body for cleaning can be achieved easily and the complete cleaning operation takes only 30 seconds.
The Gutter Mate Rain Water filter and Diverter is light weight and compact.
The Filter can be used in domestic installations, smaller rain water harvesting systems and
customised rain water collection (rain water harvesting) systems.
The filter is made from recyclable Polypropylene which is very tough and has been UV stabilised to prevent
fading in strong sun light.
The rainwater filter will have the same life as the downpipe.
The Guttermate Rain Water filter Diverter can be inspected without having to open up the filter.
No matter where the position of the downpipe is, in the top of the filter it can be visually inspected. If the filter basket is
empty there is no further work to be done.
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Application Details
The filter can be fitted to any building with a drainpipe system,
providing the drainpipe diameter is no greater than 76mm.
If fitting to a larger diameter downpipe than 76mm a reducer will be needed to fit the top piece of
downpipe into the top of the filter.
If the downpipe is smaller than 65mm in diameter a reducer will need to be fitted to the outlet
of the filter to connect to the bottom piece of downpipe.
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Male Female Reducer
This reducer should be suitable for use with Cast Iron, Steel, Aluminium and Plastic downpipe, subject to dimensions of the downpipe.
MALE: Outside Diameter 82.81mm / Inside Diameter 75.11mm
FEMALE Outside Diameter 111.15mm / Inside Diameter 104.67mm
LENGTH 350mm
Buy the reducer right here on our online shop.
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